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arXiv 2006.04568nucl-exhep-exphysics.ins-det
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超冷中子

Ultracold Neutrons

Klaus Kirch, Bernhard Lauss

摘要:

超冷中子(UCN)是可以在实验装置中储存几分钟的自由中子。中子的一些最重要的性质,如微小的永久电偶极矩和β衰变寿命,最好用UCN测量。同时,UCN也在寻找动机良好但未知的假设性额外互动。在低能量、精确物理学领域的这种测量可能会对从粒子物理学到宇宙学产生深远的影响。大多数实验是统计有限的,需要高强度的UCN源。PSI的UCN源处于该领域的最前沿,是国际nEDM合作及其世界领先的中子电偶极矩搜索的所在地。本文旨在概述使用超冷中子强调PSI活动的迷人研究,包括由nEDM合作开创的各种物理侧分析。

英文摘要:

Ultracold neutrons (UCN) are free neutrons that can be stored in experimental setups for several minutes. Some of the most important properties of the neutron, such as its tiny permanent electric dipole moment and its beta decay lifetime, are best measured with UCN. Also searches for well motivated but yet unknown, hypothetical additional interactions are being pursued with UCN. Such measurements in the field of low-energy, precision physics may have far reaching implications from particle physics to cosmology. Most experiments are statistics limited and need high-intensity UCN sources. The UCN source at PSI is at the forefront of the field and home to the international nEDM collaboration and its world-leading search for the neutron electric dipole moment. This article aims at giving an overview of the fascinating research using ultracold neutrons emphasizing on activities at PSI including various physics side-analyses which were pioneered by the nEDM collaboration.

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